Awards

Note: The process for submitting nomination for 2011 is currently being revised. Please check back in early February for an update.

2010 Awardees

Previous year awardees
2009 Awardees
2008 Awardees
2007 Awardees
2006 Awardees
2005 Awardees

2010 Awards Program Sponsors
Carolina Biological Supply - sponsor for Award I & Award V
Frey Scientific - sponsor for Award II and IV

See below for directions on nominating an ASTE member for award I ,II, or III.
See below for directions on submitting for awards IV and V, ASTE Manuscript Awards

ASTE Member Awards:

ASTE makes available three member awards, Award I for Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year, Award II for Outstanding Mentor, and Award III for Honorary Emeritus Membership, outlined below that recognize the personal achievements and professional contributions of its members. An ASTE member, who is cognizant of the qualifications of an ASTE member nominee, must submit the nomination. The nominee should be informed about the award nomination and nominators must follow guidelines in preparing nomination materials. The responsibility for the preparation of documentary evidence rests with the nominator.

Documentary evidence should be compiled and posted to an independent Web site by June 1 for Awards I, II, and III, in order for the nomination to be considered. The nominator must e-mail the URL of this nomination Web site to the Chair of Awards I, II, and III, who will check all nominations before submitting for posting to the ASTE Web site for the Awards Committee to review (see below).

The purpose of each award, the recognition provided, and details of eligibility and judging criteria are highlighted below with the description of each award. For each of the awards, selection is based on an overall and categorical point system.

If you have questions on Awards I, II, or III, please contact the Awards Co-Chair, Dr. Brenda Capobianco, who checks all nominations before submitting for posting to the ASTE Web site: bcapo@purdue.edu or (765) 494 9635.

Award I (Two Levels) – Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year. The purpose of these two awards (Level One: Ten or Fewer Years in Science Education, and Level Two: 10+ Years of Career) is to recognize the individual achievements and contributions of ASTE members in their first ten years of career (i.e., Level one) and those beyond ten years (i.e., Level Two). Each Award I recipient receives a plaque, a cash award from Carolina Biological Supply Company and a tribute in the awards issue of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. Documentation may include, but is not limited to, the following types of information:

• Competency in teaching,
• Development of science teacher education programs,
• Research activities,
• Science curricula development,
• Leadership in science education, and
• Leadership outside of science education.

At a minimum, nominators should post electronically the following:

• Nomination cover letter,
• Nominee’s curriculum vita, and
• Letters of support from three colleagues.

 Checklist for nominator for Award I:    

• You, the nominator, are an ASTE member
• Your nominee is an ASTE member
• You have read the judging criteria for the award
• You have written a nomination letter
• You have the nominee’s curriculum vitae
• You have letters of support from three colleagues
• You have posted these materials to an independent Web site
• You have submitted the URL electronically to the ASTE Co-Chair

Score sheet criteria for Award I, Level I
Score sheet criteria for Award I, Level II
 

Award II – Outstanding Mentor Award. This award honors and encourages ASTE members who support and encourage pre-service and in-service science teachers and/or new science teacher educators entering the profession. It also seeks to recognize the valuable contributions of mentors to the profession of science teacher education. Recognition comes in the form of a plaque, a cash award from Frey Scientific and a tribute in the awards issue of the Journal of Science Teacher Education.

Outstanding mentor’s accomplishments in contributing to the professional development of science teachers and teacher educators are evidenced by:

• Assisting in the application of research to practice in science teaching
• Encouraging participation in professional associations related to science teaching
• Encouraging contributions to the knowledge base of science teacher educators, and
• Providing opportunities for their professional growth.

Recommended documentation includes, but is not limited to:

• Letters of support from mentees fully explaining the reasons the nominated mentor should receive the award,
• Conference participation (e.g., co-presenting with new inductees),
• Other forms of professional development (i.e., new course development, in-service workshops, demonstrated initiatives in working with science teachers, etc.), and
• Letters of support from colleagues

At a minimum, nominators must post the required documents electronically to an independent URL and send the URL to the Co-Chair of Award II:

• Nomination cover letter,
• Nominee’s curriculum vita, and
• Letters of support from three colleagues.

Checklist for nominator for Award II:   

• You, the nominator, are an ASTE member
• Your nominee is an ASTE member
• You have read the judging criteria for the award
• You have written a nomination letter
• You have the nominee’s curriculum vitae
• You have letters of support from three colleagues
• You have posted these materials to an independent Web site
• You have submitted the URL electronically to the ASTE Co-Chair

Score sheet criteria for Award II
 

Award III – Honorary Emeritus Membership. Election as an Honorary Emeritus Member is the highest recognition within the power of ASTE to confer. Any science educator who is retired (or is in the last year of his/her career) who has demonstrated a distinguished career in teaching, research, and service to ASTE and in the area of education of teachers in science is eligible for this award.  

Nominations for Honorary Emeritus Membership must include:

• Letters of support by at least ten active ASTE members
• Appropriate biographical information including the nominee’s curriculum vita.

The nominator must post the required documents on-line.

Upon recommendation of the Awards Committee, the Co-Chair will forward the results to the Board of Directors. Nominees, upon receiving endorsement of three-fourths of the Board of Directors voting, shall be declared elected. In recognition of this honor, the dues of Honorary Emeritus members shall be waived, all rights and privileges of an active member shall be maintained, a plaque will be presented at the Annual ASTE Meeting, and a tribute will be printed in the awards issue of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. The awardee will receive a cash award and a free lifetime subscription to JSTE, compliments of our publisher, Springer.                      

Checklist for nominator for Award III:  

• You, the nominator, are an ASTE member
• Your nominee has had a distinguished career in teaching, research, and service to ASTE and in the area of education of teachers in science
• Your nominee is an ASTE member
• You have read the judging criteria for the award
• You have written a nomination letter
• You have the nominee’s curriculum vitae
• You have letters of support from three colleagues
• You have posted these materials to an independent Web site
• You have submitted the URL electronically to the ASTE Co-Chair

Score sheet criteria for Award III

ASTE Manuscript Awards

ASTE offers two manuscript awards, ASTE Award IV for Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers, and Award V for Implications of Research for Educational Practice, to recognize excellence in manuscripts presented at the previous ASTE Annual Meeting. ASTE members are invited to submit an electronic copy of any manuscript presented at the last ASTE conference.

The submitted manuscript must be blind with respect to the author(s) or affiliation(s). Author(s) should not be identified by name within the manuscript. No headers with the authors' names or affiliations should appear nor any references to authors or affiliations in the manuscript. If one wishes to list to a reference from one of the authors, list simply as Author 1 (2003), for instance. 

To be eligible, all manuscripts must have been presented at the previous annual meeting, and all authors must be ASTE members. The submission should be identifiable to the presentation given and closely resemble the paper distributed at the conference. The title of the paper, names of the contributing authors, and order of authorship should be identical to the way this information appeared in the ASTE Annual Conference program.

If you are nominating a manuscript, please see the ASTE Web site, http://TheASTE.org, under Member Resources, for more details. Nominating materials are due by March 1, 2010. If you have questions, please contact ASTE Awards Co-Chair, Dr. Brenda M. Capobianco at bcapo@purdue.edu before the March 1 deadline.

The purpose of each award, the recognition provided, and details of eligibility and scoring criteria are highlighted below. For each award, the ASTE Awards Committee bases its selection on an overall and categorical point system. The Co-Chair of the Awards Committee will notify nominees, confirming receipt of the paper and advising of the final results of selection for award recognition.  Please make sure to review the submission checklist below each award description before sending in your manuscript.

Award IV – Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers. This award seeks to encourage the development and dissemination of new designs for courses and curricula, new instructional methods or approaches, and other types of innovations in the pre- or in-service education of teachers of science. Manuscripts may deal with practices for the preparation of elementary, middle school, or secondary teachers. Frey Scientific  makes available a cash award and a tribute in the awards issue of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. 

The ASTE Awards Committee bases its selection of the award-winning manuscript on evidence of effectiveness, clarity of communication, research/theory base, possibility for replication/expansion, and response to recognized weaknesses.  

ASTE Award IV Submission Checklist:

• You, the nominator, are an ASTE member
• All authors are current ASTE members
• The manuscript was presented at the previous ASTE International Conference
• The manuscript focuses on the development and dissemination of new designs for courses and curricula, new instructional methods or approaches, and other types of innovations in the pre- or in-service education of teachers of science
• One copy of the manuscript is blind: All author names and affiliations, including those from headers and references are removed from the manuscript
• You have read the judging criteria for the award
• You have submitted the blind version and the original version of the manuscript electronically (either in PDF or Word format) to the ASTE Co-Chair with the names of all authors and manuscript title in the body of the email.

Score sheet criteria for Award IV

Award V – Implications of Research for Educational Practice. Manuscripts submitted for this award should identify a persistent and recurring problem in the practice of science teacher education. The manuscript should develop strategies to resolve the problem based upon a comprehensive synthesis of relevant research that interprets theory and research for practice. Carolina Biological Supply Company makes a cash award and a tribute in the awards issue of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. 

Manuscripts will be judged on the problem, rationale, documentation, synthesis, implications, and quality of writing.

 ASTE Award V Submission Checklist:

• You, the nominator, are an ASTE member
• All authors are current ASTE members
• The manuscript was presented at the previous ASTE International Conference
• The manuscript should identify a persistent and recurring problem in the practice of science teacher education and develop strategies to resolve the problem based upon a comprehensive synthesis of relevant research that interprets theory and research for practice
• One copy of the manuscript is blind: All author names and affiliations, including those from headers and references are removed from the manuscript
• You have read the judging criteria for the award

You have submitted the blind version and the original version of the manuscript electronically (either in PDF or Word format) to the ASTE Co-Chair with the names of all authors and the manuscript title in the body of the email.

Score sheet criteria for Award V